Irish whiskey pioneer and FEI stalwart dies at 90
FEI Honorary Delegate in addition to sometime Royal Dublin Society President Frank O’Reilly died before this calendar month at his dwelling solid inwards Rathmore, Co Kildare, Republic of Ireland at the historic catamenia of 90.
Born inwards Dublin inwards Nov 1922, Francis Joseph Charles “Frank” O’Reilly was the alone boy of a medical doctor. He was educated at St Gerard’s School inwards Bray, Co Wicklow, Ampleforth College inwards North Yorkshire in addition to later on read applied scientific discipline at Trinity College Dublin. After World War II, inwards which he participated equally a cadet inwards the Royal Engineers, he took over the solid unit of measurement whiskey distillery.
The concern developed in addition to inwards fourth dimension O’Reilly became chairman of Irish Gaelic Distillers. In 1982 Frank O’Reilly was appointed equally chairman of the Ulster Bank in addition to managing director of its British parent, the NatWest. He is credited alongside both reviving Ireland’s whiskey manufacture in addition to modernising the country’s banking.
In 1941 Frank O’Reilly joined the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), the historic present grounds inwards the centre of Dublin metropolis where the prestigious Dublin Horse Show is staged annually. In the 1980s, induce equally chairman of the Executive Committee (1981-87), in addition to and therefore equally President (1986-89), he steered the RDS through a hard piece which threatened its survival.
O’Reilly was instrumental inwards bringing the tenth FEI World Jumping Championships to Dublin inwards 1982, the induce to include a compulsory Equus caballus inspection before the induce of the event. It was also thank you lot to him that anti-doping controls were established at the Dublin Horse Show.
In 1978 Frank O’Reilly became FEI Honorary Delegate after having attended xv FEI General Assemblies.
In 2002, O’Reilly received a papal laurels from Pope John Paul II in recognition of his “outstanding contribution” to the restoration of the Irish Gaelic College inwards Paris.
O’Reilly, who died on August 11, was chancellor of Trinity College Dublin from 1985 to 1998. He is survived past times his married adult woman Tess in addition to their 10 children.
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